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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1915
Page
9
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War will reshape Europe financially socially and politically. The nobility and property owners face heavier taxation and possible confiscation as governments strain under war debts. Reformers and agitators will seize power amid ruin, altering Europe’s financial, social, and political order for years.
The War Department pressed a bill for 1000 additional officers and sought a favorable Senate report. The army appropriation act allows restoring retired disability officers to active status at the rank they would have held, ensuring eligibility through mental and physical tests. Many officers retired for disability could return to service if reinstated under this provision.
Retired through mistaken diagnoses or temporary disability, many in their prime, these officers would benefit the nation by returning to service. They now draw three quarters pay for little or no duty, with about 25 applications on file seeking restoration to active duty as the War Department considers expanding the active list.
The United States should back a provisional Mexican government, deny arms to Carranza, and recognize a U S backed regime to end his anti American stance. Carranza’s misrule and alliances with pillage threaten stable reform and U S interests.
Discussion on public revenues and the push for higher taxes as state and local governments seek more services. Increases in assessments toward market value, new tax forms, and the impact on real estate, securities, and corporate values are noted, highlighting efficiency and waste prevention as key needs.
Chicago announces that the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations is divided over the report’s character. With three reports likely, none may satisfy all members, undermining public confidence in an impartial investigation of capital and labor. The panel faces accusations of bias under Frank P Walsh, and its impending dissolution is anticipated. A mix of satirical quips and unrelated fragments follow, referencing political figures, international events, and assorted opinions.
The Duke of Norfolk has been moved to a nursing home in Leeds for a grave operation. His illness provokes national worry as Britain relies on his stature in this hour of peril. His 6 year old heir, nicknamed Tiny, could inherit peerages and the role of earl marshal if he dies. Also reported is Genoa’s alarm over the Holy Grail relic Sacro Catino, with a committee probing its possible disintegration and plans to relocate it for safer preservation.
Ruth Carter, a nurse at St Elizabeth Hospital, is gravely ill after a woman patient at Morris Place insane asylum bit her hand two months ago. The infection worsened and now aayateme? remains in question as doctors struggle to treat the case. Miss Carter, a native of Ariington, Budaon county, aged 21, faces a baffling medical mystery as physicians work to save her.
A 70 pound zebra foal, the first born in captivity at Central Park Zoo, arrived early morning to Paddy and Bridget. Head Keeper Bill Snyder and assistants Joseph Cunningham and Bob Horton oversaw the overnight birth and christening plans. The calf stands about four feet tall, with distinct black and white stripes. Both parents came from Africa. the mother is Bridget and the father Paddy. The newborn scampered soon after birth, with mother Beth watching closely. A christening is planned within a month.
At Mount Sinai Hospital Philadelphia North American physicians spent two hours trying to halt a nosebleed from 4 year old Loura Cutler. A shoe button vanished in the upper nasal cavity a week earlier and was finally retrieved after Dr G W Berhart probed the nose. The bleeding ceased as the button came out.
The speaker laments homesickness for loved ones as the red roses and tamarind tree memories evoke life at home. He imagines seeing his wife and children return, the street bells and scampering feet of children, while he remains away completing the day’s distance.
A fragmented collection notes famed youths and their early works from age 18 to 36, listing poets, dramatists, and philosophers with landmark writings and compositions. It also mentions local Angolan Indiana events, a concert singer from Chicago, and speculative items on Navy needs and civilian inventors.
Henry H Gorringe the naval officer who supervised the removal and transport of the obelisk now in Central Park recounts his role. The piece notes his Civil War service, the 1878 landing, the ship Dessoug, and the erection in Central Park after a perilous voyage ending in his death at age 44.
A New York Sun item recounts John Johnson, a 38 year old carpenter from Inwood Avenue, arrested for intoxication on his one annual drunken day. Magistrate Fitch suspends sentence, warning that a future arrest before next year’s day will send him to the Island. Johnson vows not to drink again this year.
A fragmentary tale from New York describes a Persian kitten Minoudi mourning her French poodle Bobby after he vanished near 52nd Street. Owner Frank Barbieri of the Lafayette Hotel seeks Bobby with a lost-pet notice, while the tale mentions vaudeville comedian partners in various cities.
Representative Robert L. Henry speaks against interference with neutral trade and supports freedom of commerce for noncontraband goods. He outlines a cotton relief plan using Federal reserve loans to banks and farmers, a warehouse receipt system, and potential Treasury funds to stabilize prices and protect growers amid wartime demand.
Potts of Jefferson Street was at St Marys Hospital after a fall caused by a doorbell shock. He works at Du Pont powder and had travelled from Philadelphia for a visit. A misstep caused a backward somersault with a head wound requiring five stitches.
William Thompson of Bechler, West Virginia, tries to drive off a dog that gnawed his fingers. The dog swallowed a $200 diamond ring. after purchase for $10 from H R Rogers, the dog was killed and the ring recovered from its stomach. In a neighboring town a dog bit into a family heirloom vase neck, and the owner severed the dog's head to save the vase before burying it.
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